[ fànghǔguīshān ] set free a tiger back to the mountains; lay by trouble for the future; let the tiger escape to the mountain again; let [allow] the tiger return to the mountain -- to breed calamity for the future; send the tiger back to the mountains; set a tiger free
Example Sentences:
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This act amounted to “ releasing the tiger back into the mountains ” 事实证明,这完全是放虎归山。
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He is a disaster 岂不是放虎归山?
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China already has tiger farms with about 4 , 000 animals , started ostensibly to breed tigers for release into the wild 中国已饲养了约4000只老虎,表面理由是为了日后“放虎归山” 。